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I don't think I've ever seen the words "just use Linux" in a context that doesn't completely miss the point. I posted about how the EU is suing MS for bundling Teams with Office. Got that as a reply. Yes, let me "just" abandon software without a good Linux equivalent. FTR I already AM using Linux

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Teo's avatar Teo @teocee94.bsky.social
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Saw this kinda thing just today in reference to school-supplied Chromebooks, which...you literally can't. Like I get it's a generally more personal OS than anything else on the market short of programming your own, but there's a certain brand of Linux guy with a penguin where their brain should be

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Volmie's avatar Volmie @volmie.varyel.com
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Lack of equivalent software alternatives seems to be something the majority of people I've talked to about linux don't understand. During the recent thing with recall or w/e it was called, I had to mute "linux" so I wouldn't be rolling my eyes 24/7 at people misleading others in that regard.

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Alex 🏳️‍⚧️ ΘΔ 🐺 (aka lightling)'s avatar Alex 🏳️‍⚧️ ΘΔ 🐺 (aka lightling) @lightling.xyz
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I remember several years ago I was running a lightweight obscure distro on an old machine for volunteer computing (BOINC), someone on a forum had the same issue as me where the machine periodically hard-froze, we wanted a script to just reboot it every day. People suggested to get a *new machine*.

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The Woker's avatar The Woker @bone2meetu.bsky.social
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Unless youre using insane hyper specific excel plugsins, libra office is perfectly fine

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Flaky's avatar Flaky @flaky.bsky.social
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